Blog: Posts in “Alaska Film” Category

We have just come off a very successful West Coast and Arizona trip where we interviewed some of the biggest names to play in the Alaska Baseball League.  They don’t come any bigger than MLB Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Dave Winfield, and they both were nice enough to give us lengthy interviews about their summers in Alaska.  We also made the rounds at Spring Training sites in Arizona and talked to current MLB players such as Jered Weaver, Michael Young, Craig Counsell, and Mark Teahen.  We are not finished yet though as we are still planning to talk to some more BIG names in the near future.  We will be sure to keep you up to date! 

There’s Yankees/Red Sox, Michigan/Ohio State and Redskins/Cowboys, but when you talk rivalries in Alaska, you have to start with the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Anchorage Bucs. The rivalry hits it’s peak every 4th of July when the two teams play a doubleheader to a packed house at Mulcahy stadium.  While filming in 2007, we wanted to make sure we were at this event, and it did not disappoint.  As you will see in the video, we even had a little fun in the first game by attaching a microphone to Glacier Pilot 3rd baseman Michael Murphy (Jr.-Maryland) and Pilots coach Chris Jones.  The day was capped off by a fireworks display that, although could not take place during the dark of night (remember this is summer in Alaska), was still magnificent and enjoyed by all.  Just go the Alaska film clips page or click here to view!

Well, we’re coming close to wrapping principal photography on the Alaska Film, heading out to Arizona and L.A. in the next weeks to interview a number of current Major Leaguers, as well as the last of the Hall of Famers on our list. Then the schedule calls for one last trip to AK in early summer for pickup shots & aerials.

Many of you have sent e-mails about Pre-sales of the film. We would love to Pre-Sell the film, but until we determine the festival route, we can’t, which is really a shame, because small, independent documentary productions can always use capital.

We haven’t scheduled a release date yet, but that will happen later in the Summer.  We may have an opportunity to premiere at one of the larger festivals, which would be great for everyone, but which means we can’t schedule release yet.To that end, we have received the help of many individuals and organizations so far in the making of the film, and we continue to receive inquiries about contributing to the film in a variety of ways. The most popular seems to be through one of the “Tax Deductible” contribution methods we’ve established. Each of the Alaska Baseball League Teams is a Non-profit 501(c)3 organization and we have structures in place whereby the Team takes the contribution directly and passes on a portion to us for the production of the film. If you are interested in being a part of the making of this film, please take a look at the “For Investors” page , and/or contact us directly and we can discuss in more detail.Stay Tuned….The trailer for the 4th of July in Anchorage should be on the site shortly, along with updates on the League and Players .

We had quite a day in Anchorage on the 4th, filming the annual double-header between the Glacier Pilots and the Bucs. The crowd was huge, and the atmosphere was electric. The Pilots unveiled two different Independence Day uniforms. The teams split the twin-bill, and the evening was capped off by the legendary “Griz” Fireworks show. Stay tuned for a video from the day, which will be posted some time in the near future. We have shot some terrific baseball in the past week in Palmer, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. We will have more posts on our recent trip soon.

Greetings from Alaska. We arrived on 6/27 for 10 days of more filming of the Alaska Baseball League. We have started out our trip in Palmer, home of the Mat-Su Miners. We were rained out here a year ago, but were not dissapointed this time around. Hermann Brothers Fields is probably the most picturesque field in Alaska with mountains surrounding it. Our goals for this summer are to followup on some of the human interest threads we began a year ago, and discover some new ones, and of course baseball, baseball, baseball!! We plan on continuing on to Fairbanks, and end in Anchorage.

Don’t forget to check out our trailer, and continue to check back as we will be posting throughout our trip

Welcome to our new Touching The Game web site. With the success of our first film “Touching The Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League”, we have decided to try and produce a series of films about the world’s best amateur baseball. We are currently in production on our new film about baseball in Alaska. Stay tuned for updates in the coming months on how the film is progressing, and new video clips as well.

We also now have an expanded section on our award-winning documentary on the Cape Cod Baseball League, and will regularly provide updates on the film and the players that were featured, as well as news about and links to the league and its ever-expanding universe.

We hope you enjoy the new web site, and feel free to contact us with comments, ideas, or suggestions!

After our very productive trip to the Frontier State last summer, we have compiled all our terrific HD footage and produced a short working trailer for the film, which is due out in 2008. We have also produced a video on the Midnight Sun Game, an Alaskan event that has gained world wide recognition.

Although we still have a very tight budget, our current plans are to return to Alaska for a week this summer to finish up shooting the main body of the film, then start to interview past and current MLB players who have played in the Alaska Baseball League.

We want to thank everyone who has helped us so far, including so many of you last summer, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. We believe we are capturing something special with this film.